Thread: 1954 Royal Review 47160049

Originally Posted by 1950landy

I bought it off ebay . looked good when i bought it , it got surface rust on it from handrling it , it's been sitting in cupooard for about 12 mounths os put in the mollassis to remove the rust. It is a 1100 cam with a Cooper S grind .I think when it was built up before the grinde the weld wasn't any good. Makes a good paper weight Wayne

be a eutectic build up or metal spray that has been eaten away but am surprised that molasses took to it like that in that short a time, wow.

something like CastoTig® 45303 W | Castolin Eutectic

a std cam would need building up for a performance grind i would imagine due to longer dwell times etc etc but that has been eaten all over the place....

Got the sleeved block back. Looks the goods.
Interesting in that they did not bore it right out but stopped 12mm or so from the bottom. They then shortened the liner buy the same amount then dropped it in, then decked the block. Effectively this then locks the liner between the head and the step so it cant move.

Hi Keith , K.B. tells me John picked up hub caos the other day. Motor is looking good . See you at Arthurs. Wayne

Yes. Will get them rechromed.
Picking up some blue vinyl at a place just down the road from Arthurs on the 1st. Save a trip

Ready to fit the pistons but the new pistons have pins .687" the pins to fit the bushes in the rods are .690". As the old pins and bushes were good I was going to reuse them but cant as they wont fit in the pistons.
So now have to rebush the small ends in the rods and ream them to fit the new pins.
Nothing is easy.
Fitted the new exhaust valves instead using a gollup of grease to hold the colletts.

Originally Posted by 123rover50

Ready to fit the pistons but the new pistons have pins .687" the pins to fit the bushes in the rods are .690". As the old pins and bushes were good I was going to reuse them but cant as they wont fit in the pistons.
So now have to rebush the small ends in the rods and ream them to fit the new pins.
Nothing is easy.
Fitted the new exhaust valves instead using a gollup of grease to hold the colletts.

BUGGER

Hi Keith, This is why I am looking for an exhaust manifold. It's only 63 years old , do you think Rover will give me warranty if they were still around . Wayne

How did you do that?
There is probably one here